According to figures released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), 30 persons died from COVID-19 on Sunday, September 5, three deaths higher than the figure reported the previous day.

Twenty-three of the 30 deaths were reported in Lagos, the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria.

“On the 5th of September 2021, 459 new confirmed cases and 30 deaths were recorded in Nigeria,” NCDC said on its website, giving an update on the outbreak of the disease in the country.

The 459 new cases were reported from 19 states with Lagos also leading with 185 cases, followed by Abia and Oyo with 38 infections each. Akwa Ibom and Cross River had 33 new cases each, Osun reported 24 infections, followed by Ekiti with 23 and Benue with 15 new cases.

Other states with new cases are Kwara (14), Kano (12), Delta (10), FCT (10), Edo (9), Kaduna (5), Ogun (3), Kastina (2), Nasarawa (2), Rivers (2), and Bayelsa (1).

The new cases take Nigeria’s total COVID-19 figures to 195,511 confirmed cases, 184,529 recoveries, and 2,552 deaths. “A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities,” the NCDC said.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 vaccinations are continuing across the country as part of efforts to halt the spread of the pandemic, which is now in its third wave.

See the breakdown of cases according to states below:

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	73,906	2,643	70,618	645
FCT	20,684	491	20,017	176
Rivers	10,765	1,004	9,624	137
Kaduna	9,280	64	9,150	66
Plateau	9,214	76	9,077	61
Oyo	8,358	750	7,440	168
Edo	5,671	522	4,949	200
Ogun	5,300	100	5,122	78
Ondo	4,148	272	3,800	76
Akwa Ibom	4,135	738	3,355	42
Kano	4,101	64	3,926	111
Kwara	3,647	381	3,207	59
Delta	3,027	386	2,556	85
Osun	2,749	80	2,585	84
Enugu	2,563	3	2,531	29
Nasarawa	2,424	40	2,345	39
Gombe	2,267	32	2,191	44
Katsina	2,214	50	2,129	35
Anambra	2,108	32	2,057	19
Ebonyi	2,048	13	2,003	32
Abia	1,859	63	1,771	25
Imo	1,721	33	1,650	38
Bauchi	1,568	13	1,538	17
Ekiti	1,549	268	1,260	21
Benue	1,464	41	1,399	24
Borno	1,344	0	1,306	38
Adamawa	1,136	6	1,098	32
Bayelsa	1,103	115	961	27
Taraba	1,062	27	1,011	24
Niger	994	60	914	20
Sokoto	796	2	766	28
Jigawa	573	12	545	16
Cross River	516	36	459	21
Yobe	501	2	490	9
Kebbi	458	9	433	16
Zamfara	253	2	243	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2